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Australia Fires and Puerto Rico Earthquakes: How to Help

Since mid-December, more than 100 fires have ravaged Australia’s eastern coast, taking with them dozens of lives, 25 million acres of land, and more than a billion animals. The…

San Francisco Foundation Authorizes First Grants From its Newly Created SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

  First grants go out, less than two weeks after fund’s launch. The San Francisco Foundation announced today that it has begun issuing grants from its SFF COVID-19 Emergency…

How the Arts Foster Community and Create Change

Actor and UN Ambassador Danny Glover and U.S. Representative Barbara Lee wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle on the importance of supporting artists and arts organizations, especially in difficult…

For Nonprofits: Apply for a Grant from the SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

Update June 9, 2020: Over the past few months, we have been proud to support more than 300 Bay Area organizations helping their communities cope with the effects of…

For Donors: San Francisco Foundation Response to COVID-19

The number of people affected by the COVID-19 virus in the Bay Area continues to grow, and many of us are grappling with sudden changes to our everyday lives.…

A Note to Our Grantees Regarding COVID-19

With the rapid escalation of COVID-19 and its many impacts, we are reaching out to you as a member of our grantee community. We are committed to doing everything…

Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at the San Francisco Foundation

We recognize that philanthropy has long been hampered by the sector’s failure to hire people who reflect the communities that its institutions serve. At the San Francisco Foundation, equity,…

Report: Bay Area Electeds Lack Diversity

Contact: Ling Woo Liu, San Francisco Foundation lliu[at]sff.org OAKLAND, Feb. 27, 2020 —Today, the Bay Area Equity Atlas (BAEA), in partnership with Bay Rising, released a comprehensive analysis of…

I Am Valued: Helping SFF Center Nonprofits In Its Grantmaking

By Humberto “Beto” Ortiz-Silva, Co-Interim Program Coordinator at 67 Sueños Last summer, I got an email from Jidan Terry-Koon, a senior program officer at the San Francisco Foundation. She…

Arts and Housing: Narrative Shift

In 2020, the Artistic Hubs Cohort is focusing on the Bay Area’s housing challenges and using art to tell stories and shift narratives around how we talk and think…

Partnership for the Bay’s Future Marks One-Year Anniversary

Public-Private Partnership Exceeds Initial $500 Million Goal to Preserve, Produce, and Protect Affordable Housing; Awards First “Challenge Grants” to Seven Bay Area Cities & Counties Leading Innovative Housing Efforts…